Table 1-1 Numerical targets in fiscal year 2015 under the 2nd Fundamental Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society (material flow indicators)

Indicators	Targets
Resource productivity $ ^{1} $	420,000 yen/ton
Cyclical use rate $ ^{2} $	14 to 15%
Final disposal volume	23 million tons
Resource productivity excluding input of earth and rock resources	770,000 yen/ton
GHG emissions from waste (Cooperation with initiatives toward a low-carbon society)	7.8 million tons: $ CO_{2} $ reduction $ ^{3} $

$ ^{*} $ 1: Resource productivity = GDP / Natural resources input

*2: Cyclical use rate = Volume of cyclical use / (Volume of cyclical use + Natural resources input)

$ ^{*} $ 3: The target year is fiscal year 2010.

Source: Ministry of the Environment

Table 1-2 Numerical targets in the 2nd Fundamental Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society (effort indices)

Classification	Indicators	Targets
(1) Reducing wastes, etc.
a. Reducing municipal waste	(a) Daily waste generation per person $ ^{1} $	Approx. 10% reduction from the FY 2000 level
(b) Daily domestic waste generation per person	Approx. 20% reduction from the FY 2000 level
(c) Total volume of business waste	Approx. 20% reduction from the FY 2000 level
b. Reducing industrial waste	Final disposal volume of industrial waste	Approx. 60% reduction from the FY 2000 level (Approx. 80% reduction from the FY 1990 level)
(2) Changes in awareness of and attitude toward a sound material-cycle society
a. Have an awareness of waste reduction, cyclical use, and green purchasing	Approx. 90% (as the target result of questionnaire survey)
b. Take specific action for waste reduction, cyclical use, and green purchasing	Approx. 50% (as the target result of questionnaire survey)
(3) Promoting sound material-cycle society business
a. Promoting green purchasing	Implementing organizational green purchasing	All local governments Listed companies*2: Approx. 50% Unlisted companies*3: Approx. 30%
b. Promoting environmental business management	Number of acquisitions of Eco Action 21 Certificates	6,000
c. Expanding sound material-cycle society business market	Market scale	Approx. twice the level of FY 2000

$ ^{*} $ 1: Daily waste generation per person was calculated using the volume of municipal waste as the sum of wastes collected through scheduled collection and group collection, and wastes carried in.

$ ^{*} $ 2: Companies listed in the First and Second Sections of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Osaka Securities Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange

$ ^{*} $ 3: Unlisted companies with 500 or more employees, and business establishments

Source: Ministry of the Environment

Table 1-3 Questionnaire survey results concerning awareness and attitude to establishing a sound material-cycle society

Questions concerning awareness	Pay attention to reduce waste, and keep recycling in mind (always, sometimes, to some extent)	93.8%
Interested in the waste disposal problem (very much, to some extent)	86.1%
Keep in mind purchasing eco-friendly products (always, as much as possible, occasionally)	81.7%
Questions concerning specific activities	Carry a Mybag and refuse plastic grocery bags, or refuse excessive packaging	64.3%
Participate in collection of supermarket trays, mobile phones, etc., at shops	41.4%
Buy and sell at secondhand goods shops, jumble sales or flea markets	23.8%
Positively purchase recycled products made from recycled raw materials	14.1%
Select shops that use simplified packaging, or businesses that do not use throwaway chopsticks, or disposable tableware	10.8%
Buy products which use reusable containers, e.g. bottled milk	10.0%

Source: Ministry of the Environment